Food Preservation

Culinary herbs are an easy way to add healthy flavor and great taste to your cooking. Growing your own herbs keeps food costs lower as well as adding attractive, fragrant, and tasty plants to your landscape. A joint Master Gardener/Master Food Preserver class will discuss easy annual and perennial herbs to…

Join us in this second class in the series focused on low acid canning. 

Join us to learn about how to make kombucha, a refreshing drink made from fermenting tea. We’ll teach you how to maintain a healthy SCOBY (a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) to make kombucha, and how to do a second fermentation flavored with various fruits.

Excited to seal the deal on water bath or atmospheric steam canning this year but need some guidance? Join us for a 1 hour exploration of high acid canning basics covering both methods! We will discuss the differences and benefits of each method and tour several canner equipment types as well as a live…

Join UC Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers of El Dorado County for Gifts from the Garden and Kitchen. Well share ideas for gifts you can give from your garden or kitchen as well as gift ideas for the gardener and the cook in your life.

Make dinner for two with this in-person, hands-on class for you and a guest with the UC Master Food Preservers of Sacramento County.

Celebrate Mother's Day with this in-person, hands-on class with the UC Master Food Preservers of Sacramento County.

Celebrate Father's Day with this in-person, hands-on class with the UC Master Food Preservers of Sacramento County.

A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions and share their tips so you can safely and successfully preserve food at home.

Join us on Saturday, September 21st at 10am to learn about Sourdough Starter and all that you can do with beyond bread. Our Master Food Preserver will walk you through the steps of maintaining your "discard" and introduce you to a variety of foods you can make with it.